Most ridiculous game to speedrun?

2005-10-22 12:25:34 am

XXY

I honestly don't think I need to go farther than the title. What do you think is the most ridiculous game to speedrun? It can be for any reason. Length, it's a fighter game, you get the exact same times as everyone else, the game is stupid....... anything.

My pick would have to be Donkey Konga 2. I imagine the fastest competitive gamers on this field would have to develop finely tuned beating motions in order to complete endless amounts of songs, but only to realize that they are getting the exact same times as everyone else. Not to mention getting motion sickness from playing the game itself.

Now it's your turn!

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Psychochild

2005-10-22 12:27:38 am

Fastest completion of Pacman.

-Suzaku-

2005-10-22 12:30:49 am

Eternal Understudy

100% completion of any MMORPG

Hitaro

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Hitaro: 2005-10-22 12:48:56 am

2005-10-22 12:37:19 am

FBI: Hostage Rescue for the PC:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/fbihostagerescue/index.html?q=fbi

Just read the review or see the video of it.

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/index.html?q=Big%20Rigs

Same thing. Makes me sad how both those games where released at 2004....

THIS is just creepy; http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/reader_review.html?id=183270

Tetris.

LOL let's see how fast we can die Cheesy

Umm... I can't really think of anything else >< ):

Edit: I need to know how to linkify words ><

InsaneB4st4rd

2005-10-22 12:43:49 am

Still alive...

FarCry on the hardest dufficulty.
Soldier Of Fortune 2 on hardest....

Endless game of Sim City?

slYnki

2005-10-22 01:08:53 am

XXY

Actually, big rigs wouldn't be too bad to speedrun. You can go lightspeed when you go in reverse. And if you don't freeze on the third course (out of four), you're fine! As for linking words:

[url=*whatever the url]*word goes here*[/url]

sternn

2005-10-22 01:49:33 am

:wq

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Fastest completion of Pacman.

I believe this can be done on the orignal arcade version of Pacman. The level number was stored as an 8-bit integer, and once you complete level 255, the game would crash with a really funky screen. I remember seeing a screenshot of it somewhere...

MetalSmasher86

2005-10-22 02:04:03 am

Bebe's Kids! Voted worst video game of all time in Nintendo Power issue #100.

Actually, I think a Sim City run could work if you race to build your city to a Megalopolis.

slYnki

2005-10-22 02:47:35 am

XXY

"Look at his amazing technique of constructing a power line!"

I'm sorry, but if I was watching something like that, I would have to heave myself off a bridge. I can't imagine what the maker of the run would be feeling 5 hours in ._.;

Pweisger

2005-10-22 04:17:37 am

PwNzRd!

All 1,000,000 games of Freecell.

soteos

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soteos: 2005-10-22 04:32:18 am

2005-10-22 04:28:55 am

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I can't imagine what the maker of the run would be feeling 5 hours in ._.;

Try 5 minutes in. Are you aware some SimCity games can be sped up? I knew a guy who could get whatever he wanted starting from scratch in 5 minutes.

Most ridiculous? Unpopular/unknown games. Even if they're great, there's just too many games out there that nobody has heard of. No one would watch them, or care who got a great time on them.

NintenDan

2005-10-22 05:50:29 am

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most ridiculous? Unpopular/unknown games. Even if they're great, there's just too many games out there that nobody has heard of. No one would watch them, or care who got a great time on them.

So true. I was looking through archive.org's info on various speedruns for the hell of it and saw some interesting results. Lots of popular speedruns had thousands of downloads. Makes sense. But what really shocked me was how many downloads some of the stranger or lesser known (or simply more criticized) games had. Some of them haven't even had 5 downloads! :/

Back on topic though, Glover for the N64 was rather strange. Interesting, but just strange, and silly.
It was original, so I give it points for that, but it didn't really work out, and I'm glad as hell that Hasbro took the poor sales of the game as a sign to NOT make a sequel.

I do time attack individual level stages whenever I'm bored. It can be fun actually...for a while...but it gets very frusturating very fast >_>

I know, I'm a weirdo Sad

[quote]most ridiculous? Unpopular/unknown games. Even if they're great, there's just too many games out there that nobody has heard of. No one would watch them, or care who got a great time on them.[/quote]

So true. I was looking through archive.org's info on various speedruns for the hell of it and saw some interesting results. Lots of popular speedruns had thousands of downloads. Makes sense. But what really shocked me was how many downloads some of the stranger or lesser known (or simply more criticized) games had. Some of them haven't even had 5 downloads! :/

Back on topic though, Glover for the N64 was rather strange. Interesting, but just strange, and silly. 
It was original, so I give it points for that, but it didn't really work out, and I'm glad as hell that Hasbro took the poor sales of the game as a sign to NOT make a sequel.

I do time attack individual level stages whenever I'm bored. It can be fun actually...for a while...but it gets very frusturating very fast >_>

I know, I'm a weirdo :(

Tompa

2005-10-22 05:54:43 am

The Sims. YEAH!
Hmm, how do you Speedrun this game...? What is the goal?=P

PhazonAddict

2005-10-22 08:20:02 am

I had a funny idea last night - how about speed-running Polarium on the DS? Fastest time to blast through Puzzle mode ... Tongue

You'd just have to remember exactly where to draw all the lines.

Arrow

2005-10-22 09:19:05 am

Now a hit show on the CW

I think at this point, speed running any DS game would be rather... awkward. At least where the recording part of the equation comes into play.

PhazonAddict

2005-10-22 09:57:45 am

How about Animal Crossing? Fastest time to pay off debt? Grin

Nemo

2005-10-22 10:50:29 am

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

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The Sims. YEAH!
Hmm, how do you Speedrun this game...? What is the goal?=P

getting a job with the highest level?

trihex

2005-10-22 09:27:42 pm

Yoshi's eggs are at my mercy!

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I think at this point, speed running any DS game would be rather... awkward. At least where the recording part of the equation comes into play.

Not entirely, it's just a matter of anyone or any 3rd party accessory manufacture to make the kit. It would involve:

- Opening your DS, voiding your warranty.
- Hacking the cables that send the video and audio signal to a 2nd or new source, which would convert for the AV cables included to connect to your TV/VCR.

And that should do it. In order to speedrun, you would have to play on your DS like normal, except possibly with the bottom cover off so the 2nd source wires for the AV cables to reach your TV; it would be awkward, but it's certainly possible.

NintenDan

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NintenDan: 2005-10-22 11:19:04 pm

2005-10-22 11:18:30 pm

Actually, I recall them having something similar to that, but for the GBA. It was just an alternative method to getting your games on the big screen instead of through the gamecube and GBP. I have no idea if it would work with the DS, or if they plan on making one just for the DS, or if what I'm talking about is even relativly close to the item you are describing, but I did come across this

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=50&products_id=2747&

There are a few other products on the site that have some similar feature of connecting the gameboy to something else. Again,not sure if it'd work with DS though

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=50&products_id=3407&

I don't have a DS, so I don't know how the technology aspect of it works. With this, you're supposed to basically push it in the GBA game slot. I know the DS has features where you can put a GBA and DS game in the Nintendo DS and unlock features, but is there some way someone could reverse it? Like instead of getting input from the tv and sending it to the DS screen (like another tv) you could make it get input from the DS and put it on the tv?

Just some ideas >_> I'm not much of a technological person :/

Also, those items are "temporarily unavailible" but they've been like that for almost a year, so I doubt they'll be coming back :/

EDIT: 200th post Cheesy

Actually, I recall them having something similar to that, but for the GBA. It was just an alternative method to getting your games on the big screen instead of through the gamecube and GBP. I have no idea if it would work with the DS, or if they plan on making one just for the DS, or if what I'm talking about is even relativly close to the item you are describing, but I did come across this

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=50&products_id=2747&

There are a few other products on the site that have some similar feature of connecting the gameboy to something else. Again,not sure if it'd work with DS though

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=50&products_id=3407&

I don't have a DS, so I don't know how the technology aspect of it works. With this, you're supposed to basically push it in the GBA game slot. I know the DS has features where you can put a GBA and DS game in the Nintendo DS and unlock features, but is there some way someone could reverse it? Like instead of getting input from the tv and sending it to the DS screen (like another tv) you could make it get input from the DS and put it on the tv?

Just some ideas >_> I'm not much of a technological person :/

Also, those items are "temporarily unavailible" but they've been like that for almost a year, so I doubt they'll be coming back :/

EDIT: 200th post :D

transience

2005-10-22 11:36:38 pm

trust the fungus

i can beat zork in four minutes. i doubt anyone can top this level of ridiculousness.

andrewg

2005-10-22 11:39:23 pm

Hi! I'm andrewg!

i can beat tetris! just kidding.

StrangenessDSS

2005-10-23 12:36:27 am

Sleeping Terror

Actually, I would like to see a Zork speedrun.

InsipidMuckyWater

2005-10-23 08:02:46 am

Visit my profile to see my runs!

Quijo: I've actually done a run, from scratch, of paying off all of the debt for Animal Crossing. I didn't record, though, as I was unaware of SDA and was merely performing a favor for a friend of mine. It's possible to do it under seven hours; I'm almost positive of this. The question, of course, is whether it would be interesting for anyone. I didn't think it was interesting, and I was participating in the run.

Anyway, I agree that the Donkey Konga series is eligible for this recognition, but I have to think that a dancing game would be even more so.

More ridiculous runs: Might and Magic VI (or so I hear), Home Alone (can ONLY be done in 20 minutes), and Duck Hunt, for obvious reasons.

KennyMan666

2005-10-23 02:31:06 pm

Precursor

The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind... Single Segment 100%.

Faskalia

2005-10-23 07:57:01 pm

Quote:

The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind... Single Segment 100%.

Too bad, that you cannot complete every quest in a single run Tongue

(You follow 1 of 3 houses, for example)

---
Second comes
X-com UFO enemy unknown, because
-the game likes to crash/corrupt the save files
-most time will be spend in a turn based mode
-its one of the most random games ever (battleships during month 2 ftw)
-choosing the hardest difficulty spped the game up
-it will be in 100+ segments (one segment for every turn in TB-mode)
-using the dos edition of the game will speed it up, if you manage to run it

First comes
X-com Terror from the Deep, because
-Its like Ufo in many ways, including bugs/glitches
-of the Huh?

Tech-tree

(you have to research alot of more stuff to get the final craft)
-You cannot save during the last stage of the final mission
-you need to do at least 1 alien colony mission, which is a 2 stage-mission
-on the first level of an alien conlony, the aliens bring enough explosives to level the whole ocean
-the game cheats you (when one of your team is seen, the position of every member of your team is known to the aliens and they will MC your soldiers witheout mercy)
-A normal walkthrough of this game, witheout using save/load abuse on superhuman takes about 20 hours, if you are an experienced player and know the game in and out.

When thinking about it a speedrun of black and white would be strange, very strange.

[quote]The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind... Single Segment 100%.[/quote]

Too bad, that you cannot complete every quest in a single run  :P

(You follow 1 of 3 houses, for example)

---
Second comes
X-com UFO enemy unknown, because 
-the game likes to crash/corrupt the save files
-most time will be spend in a turn based mode
-its one of the most random games ever (battleships during month 2 ftw)
-choosing the hardest difficulty spped the game up
-it will be in 100+ segments (one segment for every turn in TB-mode)
-using the dos edition of the game will speed it up, if you manage to run it

First comes
X-com Terror from the Deep, because
-Its like Ufo in many ways, including bugs/glitches
-of the  ??? Tech-tree  ???
(you have to research alot of more stuff to get the final craft)
-You cannot save during the last stage of the final mission
-you need to do at least 1 alien colony mission, which is a 2 stage-mission
-on the first level of an alien conlony, the aliens bring enough explosives to level the whole ocean
-the game cheats you (when one of your team is seen, the position of every member of your team is known to the aliens and they will MC your soldiers witheout mercy)
-A normal walkthrough of this game, witheout using save/load abuse on superhuman takes about 20 hours, if you are an experienced player and know the game in and out.

When thinking about it a speedrun of black and white would be strange, very strange.